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J Bacteriol, April 1998, p. 1970-1972, Vol. 180, No. 7
Department of Microbiology and Center for
Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing,
Michigan 48824
Received 21 July 1997/Accepted 26 January 1998
Inadequate regulation of the expression of additional plasmid-borne
rRNA operons in Escherichia coli was exaggerated at slow growth rates, resulting in increases of approximately 100% for RNA
concentration and 33% for doubling time. These observations are
consistent with the hypothesis that multiple rRNA operons constitute a
metabolic burden at slow growth rates.
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Growth Rate-Dependent Accumulation of RNA from
Plasmid-Borne rRNA Operons in Escherichia coli
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